The effects of the economic crisis have reached the hospital sector, which has suffered and been burdened by the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic, so that the administration of a hospital that is having difficulty providing services due to financial constraints joins another financially capable hospital.

Will the merger decision be negatively reflected by the emigration of a huge number of physicians during the last two years, and will Lebanon see additional physician emigration?

The most hazardous aspect of this scenario is that they will empty physicians and hospitals if a hospital cannot find someone to integrate them, and there is a rule that closure is the only solution.